Only 11% of British people say they are Anglican and among young people (17-22 years) the figure drops to 2%(AUTOMATIC READING)
Religion appears to be dying out in Britain, where fewer and fewer people adhere to a faith, and the Church of England may be the first to go. According to the latest research from NatCen, seven people up 10 under i 24 years have no religion and only the 2 percent of young people among 17 and i 22 years he calls himself Anglican.
ANGLICANS IN DECLINE
The British Social Attitudes research, which is carried out every year, is based on the answers of 3.000 people of all ages on the most diverse topics. Il 52 percent of respondents said they had no religion, against the 41% of the 2002. In particular, if in 2002 il 31% of those interviewed declared themselves to be Anglican, today the faithful descended on the 14 percent.
If only those over sixty are considered, the share of faithful increases to 30 percent, a net decrease compared to 2002 (52 percent). In the age range 45-54 years, the Anglicans from 2002 they passed by 35 to 11 percent. While as far as twenty-year-olds are concerned, as said, only two percent recognize themselves in the Church of England. The words spoken in the... seem to come true 2013 by the former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams: “We are one generation away from extinction”.
In the coming years, for the first time, Anglicans may be overtaken by Catholics and other Christian denominations, the 8th and the 8th respectively 10 percent of respondents. As for attending celebrations, only one in five Anglicans goes to mass at least once a month. The share of Catholics is slightly higher: two out of five.
THE ATTACK OF THE HUMANISTS
The research was immediately used by the UK Humanists to attack the "privileges" of the Church of England: «Only two per cent of young adults join the Church of England, which however manages a third of all state schools. All state schools must teach Christianity and Anglicans continue to have 26 bishops in the House of Lords. In light of the data, It's an unsustainable situation.".
To stay in the Anglo-Saxon world, Even the Catholic religion in the United States is not doing well. According to recent research by the Pew Research Center, Indeed, for every American who converts to Catholicism, hello beautiful 6,5 who leave religion. The report also records a clear difference between what American Catholics believe and doctrinal teaching: il 76 percent are in favor of contraceptives, il 62 percent want to abolish priestly celibacy, il 62 percent supports communion for divorced and remarried people, il 59 percent would like female priests and the 46 percent gay marriages.
Note from BastaBugie: we would like to say that these researches should be more precise in presenting the data. Anyone who declares that contraceptives are legal may think so, but it can no longer be said, nor be considered Catholic. Ditto if he supports communion for the divorced and remarried. Ditto if he is in favor of gay marriage.
So the search in question shouldn't have said that it registers “a clear difference between what American Catholics believe and doctrinal teaching”, but if anything “a clear difference between what those who believe themselves say (wrong) of being Catholic and Catholic doctrinal teaching, as in reality among Catholics (authentically such): il 100 percent consider it a sin to use contraceptives, il 100 percent want to maintain priestly celibacy, il 100 percent consider communion for the divorced and remarried a sacrilege, il 100 percent consider the priesthood for women and the 100 percent consider practiced homosexuality a sin that cries out for vengeance before God”.
We get tired of reading and hearing that those who by their own choice are no longer Catholics are Catholics.
